2024-05-06 05:02:12
The YouTuber, Paul Landó, was holding hands with his boyfriend in a shopping center in Asunción, when a security guard approached and told them that another customer complained about both of them for “improper behavior.” The complaint was made through social networks and criticism of the shopping rose.
“I love that I just experienced homophobia in Paraguay. I was holding hands with my boyfriend at Shopping del Sol and the head of security Ruben Achar came to tell us that there was a complaint from a man because we were walking hand in hand,” Landó expressed through his X account.
The young man was lining up at a cafeteria when the striking situation occurred, in the company of his partner, Alejandro Benítez, who also made his statement on his Instagram account.
He said that it is the first time that he has had an experience like that in a shopping mall and regretted that people still express their rejection and homophobia in this way.
After the media complaint in X, the comments were immediate. Many reported similar events in the same place, not only because of homophobia.
One of the comments mentions that the shopping center is intolerant of animals. In addition, there are complaints of alleged racial discrimination that would also have been committed in the shopping center.
I love that I just experienced homophobia in Paraguay. I was holding hands with my boyfriend at the Shopping del Sol and the head of security at the shopping center Ruben Achar came to tell us that there was a complaint from a man because we were walking hand in hand. I asked him if they were going to kick us out and…
— Paul Landó (@paul_lando) May 4, 2024
2024-05-06 05:02:12